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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

progress on pull tab maille

China had made a little progress on her project back in November but I had never shown it. She adjusted one of my dress forms to her size and worked on the piece on the dress form. Some mods happened afterward as she had made the armscye too small for her arm to fit through. Thus causing her to drop the area under the arm a little lower to accommodate this flaw.

She still has some work to do on the hem line of the piece. This is only for coz play this technique but you can get fun patterns and designs with the so many colors of pull tabs available. They are hooked together with regular links used in making chainmaille.

The funny part was on the back she was mirroring the pieces she had left to right and didn't realize she had made a face. When her sisters and I told her there was a face she saw it and went back and reworked some sections purposely emphasis it more